According to Maritza Jiminez, you can bank on her daughter, Maria Teresa Feliciano, winning the hotly contested race to become mayor in New Jersey's third-largest city. Why? Well, according to her, God has already weighed in.

"...Since she was a baby, God promised me that Maria Teresa was going to be great among the greats,” Jiminez said at a Jan. 19 rally, which was captured on video. “God's promise is becoming real.”

Maritza went on to say that Feliciano is "going to be victorious not because she is my daughter, but because God had promised me that a long time ago."

The video has been distributed in emails sent to supporters and is prominently featured on the campaign's website.

According to the Paterson Press, which first reported the story, Feliciano's opponents have expressed some doubts that God has the deck stacked against them.

“They can believe that,” mayoral hopeful Aslon Goow told the paper. “God helps all. I believe the same thing. I feel this is my destiny also. But only God knows what will be the outcome on that day.”

Getting in on the action, candidate David Gilmore proclaimed that he is "also a child of God" and "no angel came to tell me to drop out of the race."